Andrew Harold Giuliani (born January 30, 1986)[1] is an American politician, political commentator, and former professional golfer. He is the son of former mayor of New York City Rudy Giuliani.[2]
In May 2021, Giuliani announced that he would be running for governor of New York in 2022. He lost the 2022 Republican gubernatorial primary to Lee Zeldin.[4]
Giuliani played golf in high school, and lettered all four years. In June 2001, at 15 years of age, he played in the pro-am at the Buick Classic at the Westchester Country Club, partnered with world #1 Tiger Woods.[15] His father, Rudy Giuliani, was originally scheduled to play with Woods, but could not because of a sore left foot. Despite his inability to play, Rudy Giuliani accompanied Woods and his son.[16]
Giuliani was recruited to Duke by golf coach Rod Myers, although Myers died shortly after, and a new coach, O.D. Vincent, was appointed.[17] In February 2008, while Giuliani was a junior, he was cut from the team for breaches of discipline, which he said were minor or fabricated infractions.[18][19][17][20][21]
Although Giuliani was already cut from the team, Vincent agreed to reinstate him if the rest of the team voted for it. On April 9, 2008, five of Giuliani's teammates sent him an email expressing a lack of interest in reinstating him.[22] In July 2008, Giuliani sued the university, alleging that his golf coach "manufactured accusations against him to justify kicking him off the team to whittle the squad." He further claimed that the university, by way of the late Rod Myers, had already verbally promised him a spot on the Blue Devils and “life-time access” to Duke golf facilities.[23][24] The lawsuit was dismissed in 2010.[6][25]
Giuliani turned pro at the beginning of 2009.[26] In August of that year he won the Metropolitan Open, earning $27,500, his first and only victory as a professional golfer.[27][28] Between 2009 and 2016, he pursued a golf career by playing on minor league tours and participating in a Golf Channel reality show.[8] In 2016, he started the process to regain his amateur status.[29][30]
In 2017, Giuliani was hired to work in the Trump administration, in the Office of Public Liaison, as an Associate Director.[31] In 2019, he was promoted to Special Assistant to the President.[32][3] In his position, he helped arrange sports teams’ visits to the White House, and interfaced between the White House and business, nonprofit, and other groups, meeting with President Donald Trump up to four times a week.[33][6][34] He also represented his office in White House meetings on the opioid crisis.[33] He originally had an annual salary of $77,000, which by mid-2018 had increased to $90,700, and by mid-2019 was $95,000.[32][35][33]
Giuliani has played golf with Trump since Giuliani was a teenager.[32] Since starting work at the White House, he was a regular golf partner of Trump, and traveled with him for the sole purpose of playing a round or two of golf.[38][33] In January 2020, the Irish Times called him "Trump's most regular playing partner".[21]
From March to May 2021, Giuliani was a contributor to Newsmax TV, hired to comment on news and politics.[39] He left that position to run for governor.[40]
On September 24, 2021, Politico Playbook reported that Fox News had banned Giuliani and his father from appearing on air. The report was disputed by Fox News, which said Giuliani had made multiple appearances on the network since announcing his gubernatorial run.[43]
Giuliani faced three other candidates in the 2022 Republican gubernatorial primary.[44] He was defeated by Lee Zeldin, who held a 20-point lead over Giuliani.[4]
Personal life
In 2010 and 2011, Giuliani dated Sarah Hughes, a competitive figure skater and Olympic gold medal winner.[45]
^Heil, Emily (June 13, 2018). "Vice President Pence, Rudy Giuliani and Andrew Giuliani spotted at Cafe Milano". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on June 13, 2018. And Andrew Giuliani, 33, had his own West Wing credentials revoked, Axios reported Wednesday, after Chief of Staff John F. Kelly took away his "blue staff pass" giving him access to the West Wing and didn't follow through on Trump's request to promote the younger Giuliani to a "special assistant to the president."
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